Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. On top of all this it was considered very bad form not to have at least four additional consecutive quarters of profits after an IPO.)

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

But for the last 40 years, it has provided the financial fuel for a revolution in Life Sciences and Information Technology and has helped to change the world. This happens when you either sell your company ( M&A ) or go public (an IPO.) The odds on day-one are that you can’t name anyone. The Bad News. How did it happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? In the first five months of 2022, more than $120 billion have been invested in building out metaverse technology and infrastructure, according to McKinsey. Also, their $1.6 Every month, there are 5B downloads of apps built in Unity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. Why you shouldn’t stack too many brand names into a round. The former is much more likely than the latter.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Finally, I HATE the name. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. My bet: within 18 months they will change the name and go multi-stream. Sounds like somebody didn’t do their homework on this name. uh, hello!

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

From breakthrough online products to new features from established platforms, today’s startups should be jumping on the most promising of tomorrow’s trendy technology. The name of the game now is quality content which keeps viewers watching past the golden 1-minute mark. Personalization Technology.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. Generating liquidity usually entails either selling the venture or an IPO. Suse Reynolds, Angel Association New Zealand. pivot the business. change the CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. just to name a few!

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. Thanks to Ryan Niddel, Ryan Niddel Strategies ! #9-

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2014

So here’s what you should be watching out for in 2015: The EMV-related terminal refresh will introduce new technologies into the point of sale. The IPO market for financial technology companies will start to heat up. The window is clearly open, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there are several more IPOs on the way in 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

I’ve had a number of meetings over the years with the Small Business Administration (SBA) whose name says it all. Fix Venture Capital by Fixing the IPO Market. Enhance the Science and Technology Capacity of the U.S. “Not All Good Ideas Get Funded Anymore” Make the SBA More Entrepreneur-Friendly.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. You can find very talented technology executives. But we do have great technology developers. You don’t.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The biggest technology IPO in history has rightfully captured the imagination of both the general and investment public. So once we put this natural (and may I add wholly unproductive) emotion aside, the thoughtful angel investor should both gain great hope and powerful moving forward lessons from the Facebook IPO. read more.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. • How can they find you? In the U.S. This is HARD.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

Feld Technologies worked with Allcom whenever we needed a network installed for a client. Soon after, Len called me and asked if I’d be interested in selling Feld Technologies to Sage Alerting. Under the terms, he signed his name. And I will miss him every day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin. Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The Buddy Media Platform empowers brands and agencies with the tools and technology needed to easily control their social media efforts. The Buddy Media Platform empowers brands and agencies with the tools and technology needed to easily control their social media efforts. We’re not doing it for you. 8/31/2010 – Same thing.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

While we’re excited by the results, we’ve realized that we’ve been solving the problem for the 1% of new ventures that are technology startups. His name is Alex Lawrence. Alex explained that in his community building a successful venture that generated nice cash flows – not IPO’s – were the big win.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A 1997 vintage is likely to perform much better than a 2000 vintage because the former got to ride the dot com bonanza and likely saw some quick IPOs and crazy trade sales while the latter is more likely filled with many companies that never reached the promise land (or are still trying). Why does vintage matter to you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM. We discussed: 1.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? If it is made public, then these departments may redact certain portions of the report in the name of national security, individual privacy, or executive privilege. I am expecting to see this happen as soon as mid/late January.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In last week’s The Economist, the gist of the lead story is that entertainment – an industry that has been associated with flailing newspaper subscriptions and, relatedly, a sector struggling given the rise of technology – is in fact, the “new oil” for the contemporary epoch.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Economics from Columbia University.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach. What are your thoughts about M&A and IPOs – and a successful exit for ad tech startups? Do you see a window developing?

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 25, 2021

Namely, there’s typically not a ‘terminal point’ where you can stay a contributing individual contributor (it’s more ‘up or out’) and, more importantly, an advancement track which focuses more on the PRODUCT and less on the MANAGEMENT.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

Yes, this is easier said than done, but when this happens you can do things like Bob Parsons , CEO of GoDaddy, recently did (via Techmeme )- pull his IPO. As he discusses in his blog post: Why I decided to pull our IPO filing. You might ask, why, if Go Daddy’s situation has never been better, did I decide to pull our IPO filing?

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Bill Gurley’s excellent piece on Silicon Valley IPO Anxiety inspired me to take a companion look at the East Coast, particularly Massachusetts and New York, and evaluate the health of the local IPO economy and prospective pipeline. Akamai Technologies. Parametric Technologies Corp. Market Value (mn). 2009 Revenue (mn).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. Currently, there are about 250 micro-VC firms , including such notable names as Mike Maples of FloodGate Fund. A micro venture capital firm. A “genesis” venture capital round. Corporate seed funds for startups.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

My first IPO at Convergent. I didn’t recognize the behavior at the time, but anyone who loves technology and gadgets has at one time or another has bought a technology toy – USB memory sticks, iPod Shuffles, umbrellas with LED lights, alarm clocks that talked, Flip Video Cameras, etc. The Novelty effect?

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